Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression of patient variables and readmission

Variables	Coefficient (S.E.)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Age under 20 years	0.15 (0.73)	1.17 (0.28–4.88)	0.83
Alcohol use disorder	0.69 (0.72)	2.00 (0.49–8.27)	0.34
Cannabis use disorder	−0.61 (0.78)	0.55 (0.12–2.50)	0.44
Epileptic psychosis	1.35 (0.82)	3.84 (0.77–19.10)	0.10
Female gender	1.01 (0.57)	2.74 (0.90–8.32)	0.08
Length of stay <10 days	−0.35 (0.52)	0.71 (0.25–1.98)	0.51
Married	−0.23 (0.56)	0.80 (0.27–2.38)	0.68
Medication non-adherence	1.18 (0.53)	3.26 (1.16–9.15)	0.03
Number of psychiatric hospitalizations	0.19 (0.15)	1.21 (0.90–1.63)	0.20
Residence in Lilongwe	−0.31 (0.52)	0.73 (0.26–2.04)	0.55
Schizophrenia diagnosis	−0.41 (0.65)	0.66 (0.18–2.37)	0.53
Voluntary admission status	1.14 (0.91)	3.11 (0.52–18.51)	0.21
Constant	−3.15 (0.78)	0.04 (0.01–0.20)	0.00